Swamp kings : the story of the Murdaugh family of South Carolina and a century of backwoods power
(Large Print)
Author
Published
[Waterville, Maine] : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2024.
Format
Large Print
Edition
Large print edition.
ISBN
9781420515213, 1420515217
Physical Desc
731 pages (large print), 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 22 cm.
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Copies
Location | Call Number | Status | Due Date |
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Jonathan Bourne Public Library - New | ON ORDER | On Order | |
Orleans Snow Library - Large Print, New | LP 975.79 RYAN | Checked Out | October 10, 2024 |
Subjects
LC Subjects
Hampton County (S.C.) -- Biography.
Hampton County (S.C.) -- History -- 20th century.
Hampton County (S.C.) -- History -- 21st century.
Hampton County (S.C.) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.
Large print books.
Large type books.
Lawyers -- South Carolina -- Hampton County -- Biography.
Murdaugh family.
Murdaugh, Alex -- (Richard Alexander), -- 1968-
Murdaugh, Randolph, -- Sr., -- 1887-1940 -- Family.
Murder -- South Carolina -- History.
True crime stories.
Hampton County (S.C.) -- History -- 20th century.
Hampton County (S.C.) -- History -- 21st century.
Hampton County (S.C.) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.
Large print books.
Large type books.
Lawyers -- South Carolina -- Hampton County -- Biography.
Murdaugh family.
Murdaugh, Alex -- (Richard Alexander), -- 1968-
Murdaugh, Randolph, -- Sr., -- 1887-1940 -- Family.
Murder -- South Carolina -- History.
True crime stories.
More Details
Published
[Waterville, Maine] : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2024.
Edition
Large print edition.
Language
English
ISBN
9781420515213, 1420515217
Notes
General Note
"The text of this Large Print edition is unabridged. Other aspects of the book may vary from the original edition ... Published in 2024 by arrangement with Pegasus Books LLC"--Title page verso.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 659-723).
Description
"The stranger-than-fiction story of the now-notorious Lowcountry clan, in all its Southern Gothic intensity--by an author with unparalleled access to and knowledge of the players, the history, and the place. The most famous man in South Carolina lives in prison. He stands convicted of a staggering amount of wrongdoing--more than 100 crimes and counting. Once a high-flying, smooth-talking, pedigreed Southern lawyer, Alex Murdaugh is now disbarred and disgraced. For more than a decade, prosecutors asserted that Alex was secretly a fraud, a thief, a drug trafficker, and an all-around phony. On the night of June 7, 2021, they claimed, he also became a killer, shooting dead his wife and son in a desperate bid to escape accountability. The many crimes of Alex Murdaugh, exposed piecemeal over the last two years, have appalled the general public. Yet his implosion--the spectacular manner in which he has turned his vaunted family name to mud--has also proved mesmerizing. With every revelation, Alex Murdaugh has been shown to be a man without bottom, though he insists he never harmed his family. Remarkably, all of his misdeeds have precedent. In Swamp Kings, Jason Ryan reveals Alex's evil actions are only the tip of the iceberg. When it comes to the Murdaugh family of Hampton County, history has a way of repeating itself. For every alleged, headline-grabbing crime associated with Alex Murdaugh, mirror-image incidents have played out within his family's past, including parallel instances of fraud, theft, illicit trafficking of babies and booze, calamitous boat crashes, and even alleged murder. There were some crimes committed by Alex's kin that even he would not dare mimic. Covering a century of depravity in an impoverished and isolated stretch of the Deep South, Swamp Kings weaves together the jaw-dropping narratives of generations of Murdaughs before culminating in the telling of a murder trial for the ages. Page after page the family's legacy is laid bare as a spotlight is finally trained on the Murdaugh men who have long lorded over the South Carolina Lowcountry. "--,Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Ryan, J. (2024). Swamp kings: the story of the Murdaugh family of South Carolina and a century of backwoods power (Large print edition.). Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Ryan, Jason. 2024. Swamp Kings: The Story of the Murdaugh Family of South Carolina and a Century of Backwoods Power. Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Ryan, Jason. Swamp Kings: The Story of the Murdaugh Family of South Carolina and a Century of Backwoods Power Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2024.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Ryan, Jason. Swamp Kings: The Story of the Murdaugh Family of South Carolina and a Century of Backwoods Power Large print edition., Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2024.
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